If I was Latrell I’d be asking that idiot Thurston why a week ago he was telling him to stay at the Roosters and now he’s crawling up his backside?

It’s the NRL … not the SJW.
Too bad the lefty boneheads who make ads now (or the lefty boneheads from the NRL advising them) had to insert pointed references to both Aboriginals and the LGBTQ movement… because they were scared not to.
It didn’t really need to be pushed here.
Next ad will start with an acknowledgment of traditional owners and end with a rainbow.

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Would this mean he broke the wts bubble? Surely there are people at the wedding not part of the bubble?

It was before the bubble.

Still a moron.

Okay let’s dismiss the fact that he was the ONLY other player there

I know he’s close with Lees oldest due to cancer visits and yet the major sponsor (and board member) encourages him to stay on the piss, and in spite of knowledge that they do actually train Monday’s?

That doesn’t sound like fostering a professional and healthy culture especially as it was months ago; dragging on

Incompetence from the top down.

At least now we know why Lee insisted on signing Nofo for 4 years and why he thinks he’s untouchable. Can’t think of one good thing Lee has done for us ( apart from sponsorship).

@Roar_Power said in Matterson unhappy at Tigers?:

@Spartan117 I don’t feel like this is about money with the club. I dont believe he would accept an upgrade. I genuinely believe he doesn’t rate the Tigers chances of continually playing finals football. Whilst moving in the right direction, we have a long way to go before players start wanting to proactively come here.

He left a team that continually plays finals football to come to us … and was immediately linked with the Titans who are worse than us.
Still think it’s not about the money?

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Wonder if Dave has ever has winger-specific training? Does every position need their own coach now? Mbye needs 5 coaches.

Wasn’t Moses coached by Jason Taylor?

The words coach and Jason Taylor shouldn’t be in the same sentence.

Let’s be brutally honest about this year.
Our best player was a reserve grader we got on loan.
We had over $2 million of cap money (Packer, McQueen, Reynolds) being totally wasted.
Our pack boasts maybe 2 or 3 blokes who would get in another top 17.
We have 3 useless halfbacks.
Our outside backs would get maybe 3 starters in another top 17.
We have no real standout or star - we are relying on glimpses from an overcooked 35 year old.
Thank god for Madge - we really should have been fighting out the spoon.

@balmain-boy said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Signing Hastings now would signal to Brooks+Doueihi that Madge doesn’t thing one of them is good enough for us. After spending the entire off season working on the team i really don’t see how signing someone like this would do anything but disrupt team harmony and shatter player confidence

What’s this?
So we don’t sign anyone for the 3 vacant spots because someone might get upset?
Truth is Brooks had a terrible season last year and Douehi is unproven as a five eighth.
Hastings would put the torch on them (and Madden too hopefully).
Funny how no one cared about Mbye’s feelings when we signed Daine Laurie?

The Wigan boss couldn’t have spoken more highly of him and their fans agree.
On the other side of the coin you have people on here who don’t really know him (or say they went to school with him God knows how many years ago) saying what a mongrel he is and how on earth would we want ‘someone like him’.
Well, I want to give ‘someone like him’ a go because he is talented, plays his guts out and hates losing … every week.
He won’t be on massive coin so what’s to lose?
Everyone putting crap on him getting the Man of Steel are ridiculous … he was voted the BEST player in Super League.
Would they prefer if he was voted the worst?
Also nobody seems to mention he is also an international having made the Great Britain team.
Welcome to the Tigers Jackson.

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The Cowboys have secured Scott Drinkwater on a two-year contract extension, per News Corporation. The cows now have Chad Townsend, Tom Dearden & Scott Drinkwater signed as halves options in 2022.

Payten is bringing together a good Nth Qld side. I always enjoy league more when the Cowboys are going well. It is a rugby league stronghold deserving of a strong team.

Personally I enjoy it when the wests tigers are going well. Stuff the cowboys and their coach

I wish we had their coach.

I’d never have guessed that.

I wouldn’t regardless of his “style” he whiteanted us and caused us problems we are only just getting over, but each to their own

Yeah I know but where is his team sitting?

Lol he has Gus Gould’s juniors playing for him you or I could coach them to second place. Probably win it as well.

He was a has been until we threw him a lifeline and he threw us under the bus.

Rather flanno sr

Everyone is disappointed with his departure, CK more than anyone because he didn’t take Brooks with him so his idol Jackson could grace us with his lack of pace.

Here’s a bloke forever blowing smoke up Brooks backside having a go at me for wanting to give Jackson a chance.🤣🤣🤣🤣

Non partisan views would seem like that to you from your vantage point. I enjoy every comment you and your conglomerate of inconsequential thought post on Brooks.

All good.
I’m sure you know everybody having a go at Brooks actually wishes he’d step up and give the team what they need so we didn’t have to bag him (not your opinion, I know).
However, one thing we are all united on is that we want the team to win.

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I’m telling you, TPJ might seem like an x-factor, and he no doubt can be, but the suspensions will wear thin real fast.

His presence though, when on field is the real threat… to opposition.

Madge needs to sit him down and work out strategies where he can control his aggression whilst playing his natural game and creating that second phase play we desperately lack.

I think a few of the other forwards could really benefit from a player like TPJ and hopefully they work as a strong unit with guys like Gildart, Luarie and AD following along for those offloads.

TPJ could be huge for us from transforming us from a soft pack to a feared one.

Demps : I’m not disagreeing with you but, quite a few on here are adamant that Madge can’t coach.
So if that’s the case how is he going to coach TPJ and change his aggressive attitude.

Easy.
Let Farah, Sheens and Kimmorley do it.

Farah as coach is one of the most out there suggestions I have ever heard.

Farah is a born leader with so much football intelligence.

Tell me it’s a bad idea.

Bro …didn’t you have someone spotting for you today

What are u talking about haha

Weights bro …head knock …HIA …don’t think Robbie would make a good head coach

Not a head coach.
But an assistant coach.

If he proves himself at another club 1st

We as a club need a break from Benji and Robbie for a good 5 years …weed out all the crap 1st and then if they are prepared to tow the line and not leak crap to the media every 5 minutes …maybe

Robbie is at the club currently.

Yep …and we still haven’t learnt a god damn thing …dumbest NRL club by a mile …no other club brings back trouble makers …losers

Robbie is a trouble maker?
Lol mate, might be time to become happy_rabbit and join your mate @alien

Robbie had Sheens sacked with the backing of Balmain Juniors …had his conversation with Gordie in regards to Potter …clashed with Taylor and Pascoe

Players play Demps …don’t get involved in club politics

Doesn’t happen at 15 other clubs …does it ???

Captains captain.

Ain’t no one more wests tigers than Roberto Farah.

Taylor deserved to be clashed with.
Maybe Potter couldn’t coach.
And Sheens needed a break.

Still, having some one with passion and pride like Farah on board isn’t going to hurt.

Funny …you don’t ever see any other NRL club captain burying his club …if you are not happy …you leave …

Why would you leave something you love , because it’s filled with people you consider incompetent? Wouldn’t you fight to get those people removed , especially if you considered them toxic ?

Also , maybe Robbie was humbled by the whole experience . Just because you think 1 way today , doesn’t mean your locked into that thought for the rest of your life .

Potter did follow , at that time , the second winningest coach in history . A bloke famous for being a tactical genius , sometimes to the detriment of the team . By those standards maybe Potter couldn’t coach ? Or Robbie had it easy his whole career , and needed a huge reality check .
Who knows .

Would you bail on the club happy , that you obviously love , if it had people in charge y thought were harming the joint ?

Yeah …but I’d have the class to keep it in house …big difference

Like Gordie had the class to keep a private comment private?
Besides there’s never been any proof that Farah was talking to the press about any coach or actively trying to get rid of them.
Just a throwaway line (apparently) to that boofhead Tallis.

Gordie’s a journo …if your dumb enough to tell a journo anything …

Tallis is not a journo - he’s a commentator.
If Farah said anything, and I am still not convinced what Tallis recounted, then Tallis is a bum for breaking a ‘so called’ friends trust.
PS Even if he considered himself a journo they don’t quote what people say off the record… none of them.
Grub of the highest order… and now he’s got his head so far up his own backside thinks he can ruin players careers with just a word from him.

@gnr4life said in Hastings signed for 22/23 *Official.:

@cktiger said in Hastings signed for 22/23 *Official.:

@pawsandclaws1 said in Hastings signed for 22/23 *Official.:

@jc99 said in Hastings signed for 22/23 *Official.:

@tony-soprano said in Hastings signed for 22/23 *Official.:

@jc99 said in Hastings signed for 22/23 *Official.:

Jackson Hastings with 4 try assists and a field goal to help Wigan win 25-12 against Wakefield overnight.

What position he play?

Was listed as fullback but in attack fullback can just about play the same as the halves

He won’t displace Laurie and won’t displace Brooks. His defence is not good enough for lock. He’d have the impact of a wet lettuce off the interchange with his complete lack of pace. Looks like he’ll fit right in.

Do you keep saying that hoping it will be true one day?

Says Hastings number 1 fan

Far from it… but I am a fan of getting a halfback (or anybody) who can ignite our team better than Brooks is doing.
I’m hoping that person is Hastings and, unlike some others, I’ll wait until he’s playing in our colours before deciding he isn’t.
Easy to see some Brooks fans are deriding Hastings before he gets here in the hope he won’t take his spot.
Obviously these people must be supporters of Brooks before WestsTigers if they don’t want what might bring our team success?
I’ve seen 9 years of Brooks to see what little he offers and look forward to him being challenged.
Who knows… might even wake him up.
In that case it we could all be happy.

@pawsandclaws1 said in Hastings signed for 22/23 *Official.:

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@tony-soprano said in Hastings signed for 22/23 *Official.:

@jc99 said in Hastings signed for 22/23 *Official.:

Jackson Hastings with 4 try assists and a field goal to help Wigan win 25-12 against Wakefield overnight.

What position he play?

Was listed as fullback but in attack fullback can just about play the same as the halves

He won’t displace Laurie and won’t displace Brooks. His defence is not good enough for lock. He’d have the impact of a wet lettuce off the interchange with his complete lack of pace. Looks like he’ll fit right in.

Do you keep saying that hoping it will be true one day?

Knights similar to Bulldogs next year…. hard to win without a decent hooker and half.

@cochise said in Luke Brooks:

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@crucible said in Luke Brooks:

292 pages dedicated to a defensive Half Back. We need an attacking Half Back who can organise the troops. Hastings is that man. I will agree Brooks is better than Madden (watch the Brooks PR Team go into a lather). Duck everyone.

I don’t really get this view. We can score points, it’s not our issue. Yet many want to replace Brook’s with an untested half (NRL) who has failed at two other clubs and had to move to super league, arguably during his prime, because no club would sign him. Let’s not put all our eggs into that basket.

In fairness to Hastings…he was still young and immature when he had his beef with DCE…his only real option if he wanted to play football was go to ESL,which he has done,he also has done very well over there and has matured…lets give him a chance to show how much he has changed and how well he can adjust back to NRL before we throw him off the cliff…hopefully Brooks can keep up his form of late going into next season and we will have a couple of halves that will be very competative as well as having AD in there as well…Madge will have to see who plays where,but I think our backline will be much stronger than this year…

Hasting basically used to tell more experienced players that they were playing poorly in an inappropriate way, he would call them out in a manner that was not taken well by other players. This is apparently an area he has been working on so he can deliver his messages to player in a manner that doesn’t put them offside. Maybe we could do with the younger Hastings.

Seems Adam Doueihi is similar, hard on himself and the rest of the team.
From what Tamou said, when talking up Doueihi as a future captain, Adam is very forward in pointing out mistakes or lack of effort, including his own.
Obviously does it in a positive way because his teammates hold him in high regard.
Sounds like Hastings has matured enough to get the balance right as well.
Will be nice to have a couple of players in the team, who simply hate to lose, driving the rest of the players.

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Wonder when we will get an apology from Fox & Murdoch press?

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-21/nrl-trade-swap-brooks-mbye-hodgson-wighton-tigers-raiders/100310488?fbclid=IwAR2YvPM0ELPOpyYGxChTd42jJO_NPfUTZ1Po81DDVSBqTjerIrpebJ_cnfs

Interesting now Hooper has come out & said it was Pascoe

Well I’d expect the club to flat out deny it occurred, unless it did…

The club won’t deny it even if it didn’t happen.

Well they should.
Pascoe should put out a statement point blank denying it.
Call his bluff and maybe all the stupid, made up, stories will end.

@needaname said in Signing Suggestions & Rumours:

Smiths signed.
Sorry not with us.
Re signed with Roosters 2 years.
Another one bites.

Harley Smith- Shields?
Never even played for Roosters.

@demps said in NRL Rd 19 *Spoilers:

Keep an eye on our future recruits…

Joe Tapine and Hudson Young.
🔥
⚫🟠⚪

That kid Harley Smith- Shields who has been linked to us is playing tonight.

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I want Hastings to replace Mbye, not Brooks.

I want Hastings to replace Williams at Canberra. Keep him away from WTs.

Why?

A proven disruptive influence in the sheds.

Agree to disagree.

Also a proven positive influence on a couple of teams in the sheds in ESL, his teammates love him. The guy has grown.

We need leadership from players in the spine and he brings it.

Good. Let the ESL have him and continue to love him.

Nah, I want us to win.

He’s this assertive about it cause Hastings threatens his son Luke’s halfback spot.

Hastings is what 25 or 26 and failed to secure an NRL halfback position at two clubs. He was booted from two clubs. I know there have been a few halves who have had issues off field but remain at their clubs no doubt because of their playing ability. Pretty well sums him up.

Brooks’ performances are there for all to view.

He is 25. He started with the Roosters at age 18, and there he was stuck behind a halves combo of Pearce and Maloney, and then at Manly he had DCE and Foran in the halves.

We can’t let that get in the way of a good Hastings bashing can we

Even with those blokes in front of him, at their best, he still managed over 30 first grade games as a kid.

@earl said in Luke Brooks:

@cktiger said in Luke Brooks:

That’s my opinion… obviously it won’t be yours.
Live with it…. it’s not the end of the world.

The different opinions are fine. It’s when you and that other guy start making out that everyone else is a fan boy or not using facts or something equally stupid.

I’m glad Hastings is coming and I reckon Brooks has been our best player. We need to perform better. If Hastings is playing better than Brooks and Brooks gets dropped and we win more games I reckon that is awesome.

It’s an opinion and your opinion is no better than any one else’s. When you state stuff like you state though you come across as completely illogical. So what you accuse others of you are doing but in a much more extreme fashion.

Maybe you haven’t read all the rubbish and personal shots at me (and some others who aren’t in Brooks corner) by certain posters.
I certainly wasn’t the person accusing anyone of not using facts.
I’ve also never said my opinion is better than anyone else’s for that matter.
And what’s the problem with calling someone a fan boy if they obviously are and don’t mind admitting it?
Would you prefer we curl up and die for being afraid to go against the pro Brooks brigade or use the forum for what it was intended for… a platform for different opinions?

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First time I’ve ever cheered for the Sharks and Raiders.

Why exactly?

I feel like it’s been repeated a billion times, but until we get someone better that would be terrible business. Nobody even knows if Hastings will cut it in the NRL, he sure as hell didn’t in the 48 games he played for 2 fairly strong clubs

Play the ball not the man.

Been waiting 9 long years for Brooks to get us anywhere.
Every excuse in the book has been used to gloss over the fact that he just doesn’t have it.
I’d gladly take a chat on Hastings than live through more years of mediocrity.
Besides, who knows who else might be in the wings?

You have no idea . It’s just because you’re sick of him, nothing to do with his ability. You and snake dislike him so much , it’s to a point of being personal . Or you have an issue with his family . It’s hate for hates sake , hidden by a thin visage of it being about “mediocrity”.

The closest thing I have to brooks was , when he was at holy Cross , I lived around the corner from there . Before you call me his mother or uncle or whatever family member lol

Ever thought of writing fiction stories?
You don’t even seem to read a post before jumping in to defend your old mate Luke and waffling on without actually addressing the post.
I don’t hate him, nor do I have any issues with him that don’t relate to his value to the team.
You can dream up any scenario you want to justify criticism levelled towards him but none of it relates to hate… and really, who cares what your relationship to him might be?
I hope he leaves and will wish him well wherever he ends up.
But then again, you are the self appointed expert…I have no idea.

LOL whatever champ! Self appointed expert ? Because I point out how crap your takes are ? That doesn’t make me an expert . Far from it . I’m just giving you , what you gave me , for no reason. Tell us again how Hastings is better than brooks . How youre smarter than the whole nrl ? No one is death riding Hastings , that’s some next level Nadia Cominci type mental gymnastics there buddy. We are calling out people like you , who are actively death riding brooks .

Lol … 'We are calling out people like you".
Quick, get the posse together!
Listen, it’s ok to be a fanboy … you, and everyone else are welcome to their opinion.
I wish Brooks nothing but the best if he were to leave.
There’s been too many years of hoping and praying he would develop into the halfback we need.
But he hasn’t…and he won’t.
The team needs a change … and Hastings will be here next year to put the pressure on your hero, whether you like it or not.
Maybe he’ll thrive or maybe he won’t.
Now, better hand out the pitchforks to all those others you have gathered together against people ‘like me’.

Pitchforks ? God I dislike you ! Your the one participating in the mob champ ! If you remember it was me , sleeve , paws , and a few others , refusing to participate in the mob storming Frankensteins castle . Your basing how you feel , as if they’re facts . And their not . I’ve said it before , “I’m sick of seeing him , so he’s the reason we lose “ . That’s literally what you just said . It’s time for something new”. Why ? Give me a football reason why . Not a , “I’m over him” . You cant . Because you don’t know ! It’s that simple .

Lol… take it easy, your blood pressure must be getting way to high.
To answer a few things…
Basing anything about how I ‘feel’ is the same as it being my opinion.
It’s my opinion… and once again you’re free to have yours.
Yes, Brooks has improved his defence over the years, yes he has some pace.
A football reason why I think he should go?
Has he ever displayed anything that even looks like game management or shown he might lead us to a semis spot in the last 9 years?
No.
Is he a noted try scorer or kicker?
No.
Does he inspire the players around him when the going gets tough?
No.
Has he improved when obstacles (players/coaches), supposedly holding him back, are removed so he can say he owns the team?
No.
Is it time to try something new?
Of course.
That’s my opinion… obviously it won’t be yours.
Live with it…. it’s not the end of the world.